係かかり結むすび

noun

kakari-musubi; linked form; particle-verb agreement in classical Japanese

A grammatical phenomenon in classical Japanese where certain particles (係助詞) require the sentence-final verb to appear in a specific form (e.g., 連体形 instead of 終止形). The term is used in linguistics and classical grammar study.

• 「ぞ」「なむ」「や」「か」は係かかり結むすびを起おこす係けい助じょ詞しです。

  Zo, namu, ya, and ka are kakari particles that trigger kakari-musubi.

• 古こ典てん文ぶん法ぽうでは、係かかり結むすびの法ほう則そくを覚おぼえるのが難むずかしい。

  In classical grammar, the rules of kakari-musubi are hard to memorize.